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Was doing some googling to see if it was possible to check out ex-WA junior, Brody MacAskill on Stan. Only in Japanese Rugby does your player profile list your blood type......... https://club.ccbji.co.jp/en/rugby/members/detail/293

Hmmm. Maybe you should try getting a red in the next game and seeing if it has the opposite effect. ;)

What a kick!

Tizzano and McReight are like George Smith and Phil Waugh. Both will be great. Both have different strengths and will be likely to picked in accordance with how those strengths fit the Wallabies team at the time. A luxury to have.

I'm pretty steamed at Ready, but it did look like an accident. It was too piss weak to be serious. Not good enough either way.

Almost a quarter of the Force squad is locally developed. There are some guys who fit that box we'd like to bring home (RHP, Hardwick, Tizzano and a handful of others). I'd hope in three years time the squad is half local and three quarters local by 7 years time. I don't think we would ever be...

Tahs made a few errors, but damn there was also some great play in there. A lot of those guys will be great in the next 2-3 years.

Think I am going to have a heart attack. Great game on the whole.

Anstee MOM so far...

I think the Force will need a few years to get good returns on their academy. In the meantime some shrewd recruiting is required, particularly at tighthead and lock. I am optimistic that the approaching World Cup and Lions tour will help recruiting efforts. By 2024, I'd hope we see the likes of...

I don't like it when the attacking team intentionally splinters the maul. I'd have seen a lot more of that recently and it seems very borderline to me. I think there should be a requirement to have at least one opposition player between the maul and the direction it is pushing- on pain of "use...

I look at the team lists and I feel confident. Then I remember what the Tahs did to the Reds in their second game last season. It often seems like the more confident you feel in the Force, the more likely they are to balls it up.

I'd be happy to share a home win each. Yes, poor Uelese- Why is it that often the most talented ones are the most injury prone?

I like your confidence! I am in no way confident the Force would beat the Rebels but there wasn't much between the two sides last season are arguably: - The Force squad is now stronger/has more depth. - Between injuries and departures, the Rebels squad is weaker/has less depth. - It is a...

Brad Lacey? Was the starting winger for most of the Aus U20 2014 campaign. Outshone a bit by Kellaway and unfortunately neither player really kicked on. Neither did Placid for that matter. Actually, looking back on the squad, a lot of those players never really kicked on. Only four or so went on...

It's on. Two teams pretty desperate to score a win. It isn't too late for the Tahs to get things together while the Force will eye away wins as key to making the finals. Will the Tahs be dispirited or will they be out for blood? Will the Force be itching to play following a week's rest?

I suspect that if you put the Brumbies tight five in Waratah jerseys, the rest of the team would look a damn sight better. It is easy for the whole team to look a shambles when one component is getting dusted up.

Seems odd from a quarantine point of view. Unless it has already passed, he wouldn't be available until the second round of the competition, which means four games plus whatever comes after that. Even then, there is little time to gel with the team. Not sure I really approve.

So the Aus sides played regular old rugby last season. Super Rugby Ao actively sought to have referees police ruck details that normally get overlooked. Clear entry through the gate for example or players keeping their feet. Ultimately it led to a better spectacle and people saying the ABs would...

The problem, as I see it, is that a professional rugby player should know what the laws are at the breakdown. Hardwick was blatantly not supporting his own body weight and didn't care because there was nothing to lose. That should be carded every day of the week. That would stop players taking...